Biography
Soprano Sonja Herranen is among the most promising young Finnish sopranos. Her noble and expansive voice and natural stage presence has already received acclaim in many competitions and on various opera and concert stages.In spring 2023 she won the Elisabeth Connell Prize International Singing Competition in London. Earlier in the same year she was awarded the second prize and the Finnish National Opera Foundation's special prize in the national Lappeenranta Singing Competition. In 2019 she won the second prize in the Savonlinna Opera Festival Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition.
In 2022 Sonja Herranen made a successful debut as the First Lady in The Magic Flute at the Finnish National Opera, where she also sang the role of Third Norn in Götterdämmerung in 2024. In the summer of 2024 she made her debut as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.
Herranen is also a sought-after soloist in the concert field and has recently sung with notable conductors such as Tarmo Peltokoski, James Gaffigan and Ville Matvejeff.
As of season 2024/25, Sonja Herranen is a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, where she will be on stage in various productions and concerts, including the new production of Nabucco /Anna (Emma Dante/Bertrand de Billy and alongside Anna Netrebko, Luca Salsi, Mika Kares), Die Frau ohne Schatten /Dienerin, Kinderstimme, Hüter der Schwelle, Falke (Claus Guth/Constantin Trinks and alongside Andreas Schager, Camilla Nylund), Parsifal /Flower maiden (Dmitri Tcherniakov/Philippe Jordan and alongside Andreas Schager, René Pape, Elīna Garanča), and the new opera studio production of Der Freischütz /Agathe.
In addition, she will make her debut as Liù in Turandot at the Savonlinna Opera Festival and can be heard in concerts in Berlin and throughout Finland.
Sonja Herranen has studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with soprano Heli Veskus, and privately with Dale Fundling.
Management
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Repertoire
Repertoire Concert
Barber | Knoxville: Summer of 1915 |
Beethoven | Symphony no 9 |
Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem |
Haydn | The Creation (Gabriel & Eva) |
Mahler | Symphony no 4* |
Mozart | C minor mass (Soprano 2) |
Requiem* | |
Respighi | Il tramonto |
Schostakowitsch | 7 Romances op. 127* |
Strauss, R. | Vier Lieder op. 27 |
Verdi | Messa da Requiem |
Wagner | Wesendonck-Lieder |
Repertoire Opera
Mozart | Così fan tutte | Fiordiligi* |
Die Zauberflöte | 1st Lady | |
Don Giovanni | Donna Anna* | |
Donna Elvira | ||
Le nozze di Figaro | Contessa Almaviva* | |
Puccini | Turandot | Liù* |
Strauss, R. | Die Frau ohne Schatten | Falke |
Dienerin, Kinderstimme | ||
Hüter der Schwelle des Tempels | ||
Turriago, T. | Prinsessa Papupata (World Premiere) | Petrus |
Verdi | Nabucco | Anna |
Wagner | Das Rheingold | Freia* |
Götterdämmerung | 3rd Norn | |
Parsifal | Flower maiden | |
von Weber | Der Freischütz | Agathe* |
*in preparation
News

BOM artists at the Bregenz Festival
The Bregenz Festival 2025 kicks off with new faces, including several artists from BOM.In George Enescu's Oedipe (16, 20 and 28 July), Marina Prudenskaya will perform as Jocaste, Tuomas Pursio as Créon and Iris Candelaria as Antigone. Hannu Lintu will conduct, and Andreas Kriegenburg will direct.
In Rossini's La Cenerentola (12th, 13th and 15th August), Aaron Godfrey-Mayes will interpret the role of Don Ramiro under the musical direction of Kaapo Ijas and directed by Amy Lane.
BOM artists will also be represented on the concert stage: Marjukka Tepponen will sing the soprano part in Sibelius' Kullervo with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra on 27 July, and Sonja Herranen will perform in Mahler's 4th Symphony with the Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra on 17 August.
In addition, Thomas Florio will enrich the festival programme on 19 July with the baritone part in Eight Songs for a Mad King, and Michael Borth will do the same on 17, 18 and 19 July as Kilian in Weber's Freischütz.

A summer full of role debuts!
To our great delight, this year's Savonlinna Opera Festival again features several BOM artists in central roles - all of whom are celebrating exciting role debuts!Beginning on July 11th, the audience can look forward to a great Russian spectacle when Mussorgsky's powerful opera Boris Godunov is presented at the Olavinlinna Castle! Starring in perhaps one of the most famous leading roles for a bass, Mika Kares will be making his long-awaited debut in the main role of Boris, alongside fellow BOM artists and debutants Tuomas Katajala as Grigori and Arttu Kataja as Tschelkalov. The production by Nicola Raab is conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk.
All performance dates: 11/14/17/19/24 July 2025
Shortly before, on July 4th, Johan Krogius will be making his debut as Macduff in Verdi's Macbeth, staged by Ralf Långbacka and conducted by Lorenzo Passerini.
All performance dates: 04/07/09/12/15 July 2025
Finally, from July 8th, and for the first time ever, the audience can experience Sonja Herranen as Liù when she embodies the role in Pet Halmen's staging of Puccini's Turandot. The production is conducted by Yves Abel.
All Sonja's performance dates: 08/10/18/25 July 2025
In addition, the Finnish "opera landmark" 'The Last Temptations' (J. Kokkonen), which celebrated its premiere earlier this season in Tampere and is a co-production between Tampere Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival, will be shown at the Castle during this festival season. Mika Kares and Johan Krogius again reprise the leading roles of Paavo and his son, Juhana. Mikko Kouki's production is conducted by Ville Matvejeff.
All performance dates: 22/26/28/30 July 2025
More information about the productions and casts:
www.operafestival.fi/en/ ...

Full house for the festive season - Parsifal at the Staatsoper
Tcherniakov's Parsifal is once again on the programme at this year's Staatsoper Unter den Linden festivities - this time 4 BOM artists are taking part, which we are delighted about.Under the direction of Philippe Jordan, Andreas Schager and Tómas Tómasson will be on stage from April 12th as Parsifal and Klingsor - both of whom already appeared in the premiere cast in 2015 with sensational success. They are joined by Johan Krogius as the First Knight of the Grail and Sonja Herranen as the Flower Maiden. Audiences have already been able to experience them in major roles this season, including Tamino and Agathe.
All performance dates: 12/15/18/20 April 2025
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Così fan tutte - Mozart
Lappeenranta Singing Competition 2023

Mefistofele - Boito
Elizabeth Connell Prize Int. Singing Comp. 2023

Clemenza di Tito - Mozart
Elizabeth Connell Prize Int. Singing Comp. 2023